Electrical impedance and other physical parameters as related to lipid content of human stratum corneum

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-221

  Nicander, I ^a   Norlen L ^a   Brockstedt, U ^b   Lundh Rozell, B ^b   Forslind, B ^a   Ollmar, S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance; Non invasive methods; Skin barrier; Skin lipids; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOREARM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN WATER LOSS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATUM CORNEUM; WRIST;

EID: 0031794534     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1998.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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